Fond du Lac Sports Headlines

Appleton West 45, Fond du Lac 32: The Cardinals couldn't recover from a big first half deficit in a loss to the Terrors.

Springs 55, NFDL 39: It was business as usual for the seventh-ranked St. Mary's Springs girls basketball team, which quickly grabbed a comfortable lead and used the duo of Kelli Schrauth and Eleanore Mueller on its way to a 55-39 win over North Fond du Lac Friday night at Horace Mann High School.

Boys basketball teams don't win in the Fox Valley Association when they don't take care of the ball. Fond du Lac didn't against Appleton West Friday night at home, and it resulted in an all-too familiar postgame feeling in the Cardinals' locker room.

KML 78, Mayville 38: The third-ranked Chargers were too much for the Cardinals in a Flyway contest played in Mayville.

Kiel 66, Waupun 51: Despite getting 27 points from Mason Domask, the Warriors dropped their fourth game in their past six.

Omro 48, North Fond du Lac 40: The Orioles had a 10-point lead in the second quarter, but then went scoreless for a 10-minute span of the second half as the Indians pulled ahead.

WLA 63, Springs 52: The Winnebago Lutheran boys basketball team stunned St. Mary's Springs at SMS High School Thursday night, grabbing an early lead and never letting go for a 63-52 win in Flyway Conference action.

CWC 46, Pardeeville 35: Led by Tyler De Young's 14 points and 10 rebounds, the third-ranked Crusaders stayed perfect with a win over the Bulldogs.

Fond du Lac 45, West Bend West 33: The Cardinals used a big second half to get by the Spartans on the road.

KML 75, Lomira 52: The Chargers got all over the Lions early and late, outscoring them 41-23 in the first and fourth quarters.

Lomira 57, Mayville 11: After dropping their only dual of the season last Saturday to division 1's Wisconsin Rapids, the Lions started a new win streak by winning 12 of 14 weight classes against the Cardinals.

Losing a couple of early conference matches that didn't go its way earlier this season, the Campbellsport wrestling team needed a win Thursday night to get things going for its young team.

Laconia 65, Mayville 51: The Laconia boys basketball team's undefeated mark went to 13-0 (8-0 Flyway) as the Spartans outscored the Cardinals 28-17 over the middle quarters to take control in a 65-51 victory.

The Winnebago Lutheran boys basketball team stunned St. Mary's Springs at SMS High School Thursday night, grabbing an early lead and never letting go for a 63-52 win in Flyway Conference action.

The Marian University men's basketball team kept its undefeated home mark intact, as well as its spot atop the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference with an 83-75 win over Lakeland College Thursday night in a battle of the league's top two teams.

The fifth enshrinement class for the Fond du Lac High School Athletic Department Hall of Fame is set for induction on Saturday night.

When Laconia's Nick Zimmerman first stepped foot on a wrestling mat as a freshman, he got his butt kicked.

The Winnebago Lutheran girls' basketball team held its own for three quarters, but third-ranked Kettle Moraine Lutheran was too much in the end, winning 46-25 in a Flyway Conference game played in Fond du Lac.

This is a difficult article to write this week because I am in the land of brotherly love - Philadelphia - and there is so much to do. I am here for the annual National Soccer Coaches Associations clinic.

Mitch Redig expects a lot out of his defense.